Became a member in: 2021
Renewal Date: 12/Apr/2022
We are a family of 4 with 2 friendly cats. Remco (53) works as a Logistic Projectmanager and loves to run, mountainbike, litarature and gardening. Irene (50) works as a consultant in Sports for the community of Deventer. She loves too cook, walk, yoga and pilates. Sanne is 19 years old and a Biomedical student. As a volonteer she is a lifeguard. Aileen (15) is at college and loves horseriding. We combine living in our small but lively village in the countryside with the benifits of the beautiful historical cities of Lochem (7 min), Deventer and Zutphen which are both only a 15 minutes drive.
Additional languages spoken
German, English, French
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Pets,
Cycling / Mountain Biking,
Hiking,
Foodies,
The Arts,
Yoga / Meditation,
Music Lovers
MoreLessAffiliations
Civil Service Professionals,
NGO workers,
Communty Service Volunteers
Profession
Logistic Projectmanager and Consultant in Sports
Our pets
2 cats
Simultaneous Home Exchange
Pet Care Needed
Smoking Not Allowed
Children Welcome
Use of Personal Car is possible
Open to all dates and destinations |
Description of the home we are offering for exchange
You will feel welcome in our bright family house. It has 3 double rooms with 5 beds at your disposal. A sixt bed can be made by putting an extra matras on the floor. Our kitchen is fully equiped, one toilet is on the ground floor and one in the bathroom upstares, so you don't have to come down at night.
Outside you can enjoy our large private garden with sunny terraces and trees that give you enough shade in hot summers. Summer dinners you can have at the wide garden table and you can rest on 2 garden sofa beds or in the hangmat under the tree. Although our own children has grown older now, we do enough space to play safely and there is a swing in the garden.
You can eat the nuts from our wallnut tree and vegetables from our garden for free.
Type
House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence
Amenities
Entertainment
Extras
Setting
Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Our lovely detached villa is in the middle of everything. Our house in in a quiet street with a lot of privacy in a small but lively village with shops and restaurants. The pitoresque town of Lochem is at 7 minutes cardrive (20 minutes by bike) and the historic cities of Zutphen and Deventer at 20 minutes to the city centres. Both Deventer as Zutphen are mideaval cities with very attractive historic centres, with lots of cultural events, fine shops and restaurants. Within 20 minutes of our house their are several interesting museums. Amsterdam is at 1h15 cardrive.The rural surroundings are very attractive with very old forests where you can walk, hike, cycle and mountinebike. In our village is a very attractive open public swimmingpool, tenniscourts and playgrounds. In our village you can hire a lot of fun activities at www.uniekeuitjes.nl or even book a hot air balloonride.
Outdoor Activities
Leisure
Cultural Activities
Transport Nearby
Neighbourhood Services
Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
The village of Laren is in the middle of a beautiful rural landscape with very old forests and the attractive cities of Lochem, Zutphen and Deventer on the corner. But also Amsterdam is not far away and easily reachable by car of by train. Relax, walking, cycling, castles, museums, medieval city centres, cultural activities, public swimming pool, shopping, terraces, restaurants, treetop adventure parc, hot air balloon ride
Our favourite restaurants
Cafés & bars
Special places to shop
Leisure and cultural activities
Walks or jogging paths
Health or fitness clubs
Interesting day trips
Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
We just wish you and us to feel welcome
Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Became a member in: 2021
Renewal Date: 12/Apr/2022
We are a family of 4 with 2 friendly cats. Remco (53) works as a Logistic Projectmanager and loves to run, mountainbike, litarature and gardening. Irene (50) works as a consultant in Sports for the community of Deventer. She loves too cook, walk, yoga and pilates. Sanne is 19 years old and a Biomedical student. As a volonteer she is a lifeguard. Aileen (15) is at college and loves horseriding. We combine living in our small but lively village in the countryside with the benifits of the beautiful historical cities of Lochem (7 min), Deventer and Zutphen which are both only a 15 minutes drive.
Additional languages spoken
German, English, French
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Pets,
Cycling / Mountain Biking,
Hiking,
Foodies,
The Arts,
Yoga / Meditation,
Music Lovers
MoreLessAffiliations
Civil Service Professionals,
NGO workers,
Communty Service Volunteers
Profession
Logistic Projectmanager and Consultant in Sports
Our pets
2 cats
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